A Texas mom was asked to cover up while breastfeeding. Her response won the internet.

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When Texas mom Melanie Dudley was asked to cover up while breastfeeding she complied. And it's making people all over the internet laugh this week.

Carol Lockwood shared this photo of the interaction with the caption: "A friend's daughter-in-law was told to "cover up" while feeding her baby, so she did! I've never met her, but I think she's AWESOME!!!"

Yahoo news spoke with Dudley after the photo went viral with almost 190,000 shares and more than 15,000 comments. She definitely won the internet with many commenters saying the photo made them laugh.

“I was on vacation in Cabo San Lucas with my entire family and a man asked me to cover myself,” she told the publication. “I’m usually discreet, but we were seated in the back of the restaurant.”

Of course, societal norms may be different in Mexico, but it’s easy to see why Dudley would take offense to the request. Even in Texas, where public breastfeeding has been legal for years, some people try to shame mothers into the bathroom to feed their children.